That's pretty funny stuff Dale.
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From: "Dale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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I read it was the 68 he drove home without the fuel cell. According to
Hot
Rod Magazine, "Smokey's ongoing troubles with NASCAR over his getting
competitive reached its zenith in 1968. Yunick blamed both Ford and
Chrysler
for putting so much pressure on France that he had his tech inspectors
overscrutinize his super- slippery Chevelles. Legend has it that when
Smokey's '68 Chevelle picked up its sixteenth violation, he got in the car
and drove it back to his garage in Daytona with the fuel tank still
sitting
in the inspection area. His parting shot was, "make it 17." Two years
later,
Smokey said adios to NASCAR and was out of stock car racing."
Dale
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Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 3:05 PM
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I think he ran 150 feet of 1.5 inch fuel line, giving him an extra 2
gallons
of fuel. He drove the car home four miles with the fuel cell removed.
That's
what I read anyways.
Larry Shouse
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From: "Brad Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: "Mike Holleman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Pelle, At the top level of Nascar, they used Chevelles in 1966. Try
goggling
Smoky Yunich. I know he was involved in building the factory 66.
The infamous "7/8" car, so-called because it was built to 7/8 scale
and drove people nuts because they knew something wasn't quite
right but they couldn't figure out what.
IIRC this is the same car that after the fuel tank was pulled
for inspection, Yunick was able to start up and drive away
because of a fuel line designed for extra capacity.
Brad
